An intravital model to monitor steps of metastatic tumor cell adhesion within the hepatic microcirculation
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An intravital model to monitor steps of metastatic tumor cell adhesion within the hepatic microcirculation. / Haier, Jörg; Korb, Timo; Hotz, Birgit; Spiegel, Hans Ullrich; Senninger, Norbert.
In: Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, Vol. 7, No. 4, 24.05.2003, p. 507-14; discussion 514-5.Research output: SCORING: Contribution to journal › SCORING: Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - An intravital model to monitor steps of metastatic tumor cell adhesion within the hepatic microcirculation
AU - Haier, Jörg
AU - Korb, Timo
AU - Hotz, Birgit
AU - Spiegel, Hans Ullrich
AU - Senninger, Norbert
PY - 2003/5/24
Y1 - 2003/5/24
N2 - Organ-specific tumor cell adhesion within the microcirculation of host organs is an important step in the metastatic cascade. Circulating tumor cells have to adhere within the microcirculatory vessels, quickly stabilize their adhesion and probably leave the circulation to avoid toxic effects of hydrodynamic shear forces of circulating blood. Using intravital fluorescence microscopy we established a new model for the intravital observation of colon carcinoma cell adhesion within the hepatic microcirculation. HT-29 (human) and CC531 (rat) colon carcinoma cells were fluorescence labeled using CalceinAM. Single cell suspensions were injected intraarterially in Sprague-Dawley rats. Using intravital fluorescence microscopy adhesive interactions of circulating tumor cells within the hepatic microcirculation were observed at the liver surface. These interactions were analyzed regarding their time course and the localization within the vascular tree. Autofluorescence of liver parenchyma was sufficient for distinction of hepatic sinusoids. Intravital microscopy enabled the differentiation of early events in adhesion formation within hepatic sinosoids, adhesion stabilization, and extravasation of the tumor cells into the liver parenchyma. Tumor cell adhesion occurred almost exclusively within sinusoidal capillaries; however, the diameter of these vessels was usually larger than that of the tumor cells leaving remaining perfused lumen of the capillaries. Colon carcinoma cells rapidly migrated into the liver parenchyma after successful adhesion within the sinusoids. In contrast to common endpoint assays of the metastatic cascade, this in vivo model allows investigations of metastatic colon carcinoma cell adhesion within the liver microcirculation as specific steps during the formation of hematogenous metastasis and their underlying mechanisms.
AB - Organ-specific tumor cell adhesion within the microcirculation of host organs is an important step in the metastatic cascade. Circulating tumor cells have to adhere within the microcirculatory vessels, quickly stabilize their adhesion and probably leave the circulation to avoid toxic effects of hydrodynamic shear forces of circulating blood. Using intravital fluorescence microscopy we established a new model for the intravital observation of colon carcinoma cell adhesion within the hepatic microcirculation. HT-29 (human) and CC531 (rat) colon carcinoma cells were fluorescence labeled using CalceinAM. Single cell suspensions were injected intraarterially in Sprague-Dawley rats. Using intravital fluorescence microscopy adhesive interactions of circulating tumor cells within the hepatic microcirculation were observed at the liver surface. These interactions were analyzed regarding their time course and the localization within the vascular tree. Autofluorescence of liver parenchyma was sufficient for distinction of hepatic sinusoids. Intravital microscopy enabled the differentiation of early events in adhesion formation within hepatic sinosoids, adhesion stabilization, and extravasation of the tumor cells into the liver parenchyma. Tumor cell adhesion occurred almost exclusively within sinusoidal capillaries; however, the diameter of these vessels was usually larger than that of the tumor cells leaving remaining perfused lumen of the capillaries. Colon carcinoma cells rapidly migrated into the liver parenchyma after successful adhesion within the sinusoids. In contrast to common endpoint assays of the metastatic cascade, this in vivo model allows investigations of metastatic colon carcinoma cell adhesion within the liver microcirculation as specific steps during the formation of hematogenous metastasis and their underlying mechanisms.
KW - Animals
KW - Cell Adhesion
KW - Colonic Neoplasms
KW - Disease Models, Animal
KW - Fluoresceins
KW - Fluorescent Dyes
KW - Liver
KW - Liver Neoplasms
KW - Male
KW - Microcirculation
KW - Neoplasm Metastasis
KW - Neoplastic Cells, Circulating
KW - Rats
KW - Rats, Sprague-Dawley
M3 - SCORING: Journal article
C2 - 12763408
VL - 7
SP - 507-14; discussion 514-5
JO - J GASTROINTEST SURG
JF - J GASTROINTEST SURG
SN - 1091-255X
IS - 4
ER -